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Settled, side by side
Stonington Gray
Benjamin Moore · HC-170
The grey that does not pick a side
Silver Metallic
Meoded · Decorative plaster
Walls that catch the candlelight
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersStonington Gray leans neutral where Silver Metallic reads cool. Stonington Gray is a grays, Silver Metallic a neutrals.
How they read
In their own wordsStonington Gray is Benjamin Moore's most balanced light grey — neither warm nor cool, with a faint green-blue base that keeps it from going purple, the failing of so many greys. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and grey enough to read as a color against white trim.
Silver Metallic is a Meoded decorative plaster rather than a flat paint — a pewter-toned finish with a pearl sheen that shifts as you move through the room. In daylight it reads as a soft warm grey; at night, with candles and lamps, it glimmers like brushed metal.
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